var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 5, 2014 * Space Station Cargo Ship Departure to Air on NASA TV * NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of an unpiloted Russian cargo vehicle from the International Space Station (ISS) beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June 9. The ISS Progress 53 cargo ship, which first arrived at the orbiting laboratory in lat ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 5, 2014 * 2014 NASA Advanced Technology Phase I Concepts Selected For Study * NASA has selected 12 proposals for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, which aims to turn science fiction into fact through pioneering technology development. The selected proposals cover a wide range of imagina ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 5, 2014 * NASA's Orion Spacecraft is Ready to Feel the Heat *  Engineers completed installing the heat shield on NASA’s Orion spacecraft ahead of its first trip to space in December. The flight test will send an uncrewed Orion 3,600 miles into space before returning it to Earth for the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The heat shie ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 39 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:01:12 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract June 4, 2014 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rach ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jun 05 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 156 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jun 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2077 S05E03 302 0080 Cso 04 06 Beta 2078 S19W27 332 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta 2079 N12E26 ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2014 Please be informed that our State of the Ocean (SOTO) and HIgh-level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction (HITIDE) tools will be unavailable for hardware maintenance tomorrow (Thursday) (06/05) from 10am-12pm (PST).  The following URLs will be unavailable: [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto-2d (under PO.DAAC Labs) [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitide [*] http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitid ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 4, 2014 * NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract * NASA has exercised the second option of its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)/Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) Operations Contract (NSOC) with Raytheon Technical Services Company of Houston. The contract ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 4, 2014 * NASA Invites Universities to Submit Innovative Early-Stage Technology Proposals * NASA is seeking proposals from universities to advance the agency's plans for exploration to deep space and Mars. The Early Stage Innovations NASA Research Announcement calls for innovative space technology proposals that could benefit the ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option June 4, 2014 * NASA Statement on National Research Council Report on Human Spaceflight * The following is a statement from NASA regarding the National Research Council report, “Pathways to Exploration – Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration” -- “NASA welcomes the r ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jun 04 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 155 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jun 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2075 S09W69 027 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2077 S08E17 301 0080 Cso 04 06 Beta 2078 S19W13 ...Continue Reading